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The Verge·2026-03-08 14:01

I think Furby just saw itself and got very excited. Dave in particular has a bunch of ideas about what he wants this thing to be. He doesn't want it to be a cat or a dog because he a doesn't want to replace people's pets.Um, a thing he said a bunch was like, "There are dogs and cats in shelters and I want you to have one of them, not my robot toy." Which I actually think is really admirable. >> But like one year later, Sony does the eyeball and says, "No, you should have a robot dog instead." >> Yes. And a ...

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